Neuro Rehabilitation

Our clients have often experienced a brain injury, neurological injury or condition that is life changing and impacting physically, cognitively, emotionally and behaviourally – therefore drastically impacting their lives. Our focus is to restore, minimise or compensate with the intention of maximising rehabilitation potential. Our work is resolutely about improving our clients’ quality of life in all areas: personal, family, leisure and work.

Our APPROACH

We work with individuals and their families to produce an individualised occupational therapy rehabilitation programme, usually in collaboration with an MDT. This begins with a comprehensive functional assessment that encompasses all areas of the individual’s life. For example, we explore how the injury has disrupted their activities and occupations and whether these are physical, cognitive, sensory, psychological, behavioural or a combination of them all. We use client centred and also objective outcome measures (COPM, AusTOMs and GAS goals) to enable us to work side by side with our clients, facilitating them to address and achieve what is important in their lives. Our intervention is what we call “occupation focussed” and we believe that if a goal has meaning, purpose and relevance, the individual will be more motivated to achieve it. Our OTs will then target specific therapy areas in order to work with the client on identified deficits (for example: memory, fatigue, upper limb function, anger management) in order for them to achieve their occupational goal.

Example client goals requiring neuro rehabilitation:

(Please note these are just indicative areas - we do so much more...)

> Return to Driving

> Independent Living

> Fatigue Management

> Return to Leisure

>  Vocational Rehabilitation

 

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Rehabilitate Therapy OTs providing neuro rehabilitation...

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What people are saying about Rehabilitate Therapy

  • I would just like to say that Clare has been brilliant working with the client, and we would not have got the client and case to where it is without her. She has been a right star! Case Manager  
    Case Manager
  • Thank you so much to all of you for how much of my life you’ve given back to me. I really feel like a new man. My attitude now compared to when we first started is completely different. I really believe in myself now because you guys have believed in me. You are all amazing and really You have changed my life.
    Client
  • Many thanks for your report Gemma. It’s excellent and describes the issues so thoroughly. I’m always struck by the broad expanse of the work that OTs cover when I read your reports Gemma. Incredible! And as I said in my text to you, my client described you as “lovely” and gave me a big, smiley thumbs up when I asked if he’d like to work with you. 
    Case Manager
  •  In the approval hearing, the Judge commented upon the ‘excellent’ settlement, which had been secured for the client. He specifically mentioned the importance of rehabilitation for the client and how integral it was to his recovery and progress. He was very impressed by the rehabilitation support in place for him.
    Principal Lawyer